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It's been an interesting week in politics - The entire Australian mainland is now governed by the Labor Party and South Australia has become the first jurisdiction in Australia to legislate an indigenous voice to parliament. 

South Australian Premier Peter Malinauskas declared it the most powerful show of respect towards Australia’s First Nations people. His government’s legislation passed the House of Assembly in a special sitting on Sunday and was immediately proclaimed by governor Frances Adamson in a rare public ceremony in front of a cheering crowd who gathered to watch the proceedings outside parliament house in Adelaide. 

So far, The Nationals are the only major party to formally oppose the Voice, Luke chats with their leader David Littleproud to get his take on the situation in South Australia and the result in NSW. 

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In just 24 hours the people of New South Wales will go to the polls to decide who will lead them for the next four years.

There isn’t much separating the Premier Dominic Perrottet and the man who wants his job, Chris Minns, so the crossbench could end up playing a critical role in determining who forms government.

Luke chats with the man who has knows more about the goings on on Macquarie Street then just about anyone, 2GB Senior reporter Clinton Maynard, to get his take on how it will all  play out. 

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Luke Grant is joined by Brendan O’Neill, journalist & Editor of ‘Spiked’ and host of the ‘Spiked’ podcast, to dissect the stories making headlines in the U.K. & the world over the past week.

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Luke Grant has a weekly chat with Sue Dodd from the Sydney Markets about what bargains are on offer at the markets this week…

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Aussie historian, author & entertainer Jim Haynes joins Overnight each week for his unique knowledge of the not-so-famous characters from Australia’s history. This week Jim shines the spotlight on Professor William Miller -  the only athlete to hold Australian championships for boxing, fencing, wrestling and weight-lifting

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There are suggestions One Nation could end up playing a decisive role in the upcoming NSW election. 

They’re fielding a record 17 candidates in the lower house, and their strong ‘anti woke’ agenda and sensible climate policies are resonating with disenfranchised Liberal voters.

Luke chats with NSW One Nation leader, Mark Latham, to discuss the issues the party is campaigning on, gauge his reaction to the violent scenes outside a church where he was speaking, and find out where One Nation’s critical preferences may flow. 

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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has walked away from her plan to implement rent caps. 

Shadow Treasurer, David Janetzki, says the move has exposed the chaos running through her government, which he believes is only exacerbating the housing crisis. 

He tells Luke Grant that the state deserves more than just short sighted political fixes and random "thought bubbles", and that more houses need to be built. 

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Luke Grant’s weekly political chat with Terry Barnes – Columnist, political and
policy consultant & former Howard government adviser.

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Donald Trump has claimed on social media that he will be arrested today for hush money payments made to adult film star, Stormy Daniels. 

Pundits and legal experts are split on whether or not his prediction will come true, 

Luke chats with Washington Correspondent for The Australian, Adam Creighton, to get his thoughts on how it will all play out. 

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The rental crisis has seen vacancy rates at historic lows all around the country. 

Luke chats with executive research director at CoreLogic, Tim Lawless to get a better understanding of what we are doing wrong. 

He says, “over the short to medium term the rental supply outlook is looking pretty glum".

That's because from a new dwellings’ perspective, approvals are at their lowest level in more than a decade. 

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Former Deputy Secretary of the Department of Immigration & author of 'Population Shock', Abul Rizvi, tells Luke that for the first time in our history, Asylum cases in Australia now exceed 100,000 people.

He believes that despite the intense attention the media has paid to boat arrivals for the last decade, very few of these 100,000 asylum cases actually arrived by sea. 

Rather, the bulk arrived during an intense period of labour trafficking of Malaysian and Chinese nationals from 2014-15 until the start of the pandemic by air.

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Professor David Flint chats to Luke Grant on the week’s important issues &
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Violent parents, suicidal students and teacher shortages are pushing stressed school principals to quit at record rates, a survey of nearly 2500 Australian school leaders reveals.

At least 44 percent of principals were victims of physical ­violence last year – the highest level since the Australian Catholic University began its annual Australian Principal Occupational Health, Safety and Wellbeing Survey in 2011. 

School leaders are now 11 times more at risk of experiencing physical violence at work, than the general population. 

Luke chats with Australian Secondary Principals Association president Andrew Pierpoint to find out just how bad the situation is on the ground. 

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Environmentally conscious shoppers now have the option to spend more for  carbon neutral food at the supermarket.

Some Australians are choosing to pay an extra $6 per kilo for carbon neutral beef, an extra $3 per kilo for carbon neutral pork, and nearly $10 for a dozen carbon neutral eggs.

Luke chats with Australian Pork CEO, Margo Andrae, who says Australian pork producers are  working hard to lower the emissions of their product but escalating costs for farmers in are flowing on to the end purchaser.

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Luke Grant chats with Russell Setright, Australia’s best known Naturopath & author of ‘Get Well in the Golden Years, to get the latest in health and well-being news.

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Each week travel writer Helen Hayes joins Overnight to talk about some of the best destinations in Australia and around the world to inspire travel for all budgets and interests.

This week Helen looks at national parks.

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Michael Pachi joins Luke to discuss the week ahead in politics. 

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MCi Carbon is a Canberra based business that captures CO2 emissions and turns them into building materials like bricks and cement.

Experts are predicting that carbon capturing technologies will be critical in reducing our emissions, yet it seldom features in our domestic climate debate. 

Luke chats with MCi Carbon Chief Operating Officer, Sophia Hamblin Wang, to find out more about their portfolio of carbon utilisation technologies and how they can improve Australia's carbon footprint. 

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Former US President, Donald Trump, has claimed that he will be arrested on Tuesday (US time) over hush money payments made to several women during his first presidential run. 

If he is indicted, he will be the first former American president ever to be arrested. 

Luke chats with Nine's US correspondent, Johnathan Kearsley, to find out the likelihood of Mr Trump ending up before the courts and what it means for his second tilt at the White House. 

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Luke Grant talks movies and entertainment with Simon Foster - Host of the entertainment podcast 'Screen Watching'.

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Clinton Maynard, Nine Radio’s senior network reporter & host of Weekend Overnight, joins Luke to discuss this week’s winners & losers in the lead up to the NSW state election.

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Luke Grant has a weekly chat with Sue Dodd from the Sydney Markets about what bargains are on offer at the markets this week…

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Luke Grant chats with Dale Sinden for the story behind today’s National Days for March 17th.

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Aussie historian, author & entertainer Jim Haynes joins Overnight each week for his unique knowledge of the not-so-famous characters from Australia’s history. This week Jim shines the spotlight on Charles Sturt - British officer and explorer of Australia.

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Luke speaks with Dr Adrian Cohen, Concussion researcher at Headsafe, following the NRL announcing it will implement a mandatory 11-day stand down period for any player diagnosed with a category one concussion brain injury.

This comes after months of discussion and is a landmark decision for the code.

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Luke is joined by Greg Sheridan, The Australian Newspaper’s foreign editor, following Australia’s commitment to spend up to $368 billion by 2055 to build a new fleet of eight nuclear-propelled submarines.

Mr Sheridan writes, ‘The AUKUS nuclear-powered submarines will hugely enhance our national power and sovereignty. Nothing could be more ridiculous than the idea that if there are some Americans on an Australian boat this compromises our sovereignty.’

‘The deal is we buy three to five Virginia-class nuclear submarines from the US, boats that are probably already in use. As part of the purchase price we contribute financially to expanding US industrial capacity to build more nuclear subs.’

‘This could be a new US production line, but more likely it’s expanding capabilities at existing facilities.’

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Luke Grant chats with Dale Sinden for the story behind today’s National Days for March 16th.

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Luke Grant’s weekly political chat with Terry Barnes – Columnist, political and policy consultant & former Howard government adviser.

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Luke is joined by Shane Neilson, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) principal drugs advisor, about the latest analysis released today from the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program, that provides crucial information and intelligence on drug markets and serious and organised criminal activity to support government in creating a safer Australia.

The report finds more than 14 tonnes of methylamphetamine, cocaine, MDMA and heroin was consumed in Year 6 of the Program to August 2022, with an estimated street value of $10 billion. 

While this represents a 10% reduction in total consumption from Year 5 (2020–21), there were increases in national methylamphetamine and heroin consumption from
Year 5 to Year 6 of the Program.

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Luke is joined by Kristen Tran, Associate Researcher from the University of Sydney’s Mental Wealth Initiative, Brain and Mind Centre, to discuss a new report from the University’s Mental Wealth Initiative that shows Australians generated at least $287.86 billion in value through unpaid social contributions in 2021. 

The report, A Contributing Life: A Snapshot of the Value of Social Production, shines a spotlight on the unseen value Australians contribute to national prosperity in terms of social production – value that traditionally lies outside of the boundary of gross domestic product (GDP).

Social production is made up of unpaid contributions to society through activities such as volunteering, the education and care of children, building community infrastructure, ecological restoration and caring for country, providing a crowd service, or informal mentoring.

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Luke Grant is joined by Sarah Boorer, Communications professional & CWA award-winning cook, to look at the world of baked goods, delicious treats and & easy recipes.

This week Sarah cooks Vanilla slice (recipe courtesy of Women's Weekly)

Ingredients

2 sheets frozen puff pastry, thawed

1 cup caster sugar

1 cup cornflour

1/2 cup custard powder

1 litre milk

60 gram butter

2 egg-yolks

2 teaspoon vanilla extract

Passionfruit icing

1 1/2 cup icing-sugar mixture

2 teaspoon butter

2 tablespoon passionfruit pulp

2 teaspoon water

Method

1 Preheat oven to very hot, 220°C. Lightly grease and line a 20 x 30cm slice pan with baking paper.

2 Grease and line 2 baking trays. Place pastry sheets on oven trays. Bake for l0-12 minutes, until golden. Gently flatten pastry with hand. Trim pastry to cover base of prepared pan.

3 In a jug, combine sugar, cornflour and custard powder. Add a little of the milk to form a smooth paste. Place paste in a large pan with remaining milk and stir until smooth.

4 Add butter and bring to the boil. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring, for 5 minutes or until mixture is thick and smooth. Remove from heat. Add egg-yolks and vanilla. Pour over prepared pastry sheet. Top with remaining trimmed pastry sheet. Chill for 1 hour.

5 Meanwhile to make passionfruit icing; combine icing sugar, butter and passionfruit pulp in a small heat-proof bowl. Stir in enough water to make a smooth paste. Place over saucepan of simmering water and heat gently, stirring for 2-3 minutes until mixture is of spreadable consistency. Spread over pastry. Chill for 20 minutes until set. Cut into squares.

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Luke Grant chats with Dale Sinden for the story behind today’s National Days for March 15th.

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Professor David Flint chats to Luke Grant on the week’s important issues & political news.

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Luke is joined by James Thomson, Columnist at The Australian Financial Review about warnings the Silicon Valley Bank collapse threatens to wipe out tech companies and smash smaller banks. 

The US Treasury has stated the government will not bail out the bank, although along with the Federal Reserve and FDIC, says all Silicon Valley Bank clients will be protected and have access to their funds.

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Luke speaks with Rex Patrick, former Independent Senator for South Australia, for his views on Australia’s 200b submarine deal.

Mr Patrick also explains to Luke where he’s up to with the legal challenge over his bid to be Adelaide Lord Mayor… and his request to see the first 197 days of PM Anthony Albanese’s official diary.

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Luke Grant chats with Russell Setright, Australia’s best known Naturopath & author of ‘Get Well in the Golden Years, to get the latest in health and well-being news.

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Luke Grant chats with Dale Sinden for the story behind today’s National Days for March 14th.

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Each week travel writer Helen Hayes joins Overnight to talk about some of the best destinations in Australia and around the world to inspire travel for all budgets and interests.

This week Helen travels to Sun Peaks Canada.

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Michael Pachi joins Luke to discuss the week ahead in politics.

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WITH over 511,000 NSW homes relying on LPG for in-home cooking, hot water and heating (some 2 million nationally), new research demonstrates eight distinct, commercially viable pathways for Australia’s LPG sector to achieve not only net zero emissions, but actual zero, by 2045.

Luke speaks with Brett Heffernan, Gas Energy Australia CEO, who explains “LPG supply in NSW will begin the transition to 100% renewable and net zero emission from 2025. It starts with three biodiesel/Sustainable Aviation Fuel plants slated for opening from 2025 in WA and Queensland.”

“These projects alone will generate 3.5PJ (or almost 135 million litres) of 100% renewable LPG as a by-product, thereby replacing 11% of current LPG demand in Australia to begin the transition to replacing all conventional LPG by 2045, Mr Heffernen says.

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Luke Grant chats with Dale Sinden for the story behind today’s National Days for March 13th.

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Luke Grant talks movies and entertainment with Simon Foster – Host of the entertainment podcast ‘Screen Watching’.

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Clinton Maynard, Nine Radio’s senior network reporter & host of Weekend Overnight, joins Luke to discuss this week’s winners & losers in the lead up to the NSW state election.

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Luke Grant is joined by Brendan O’Neill, journalist & Editor of ‘Spiked’ and host of the ‘Spiked’ podcast, to dissect the stories making headlines in the U.K. & the world over the past week.

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Luke Grant has a weekly chat with Sue Dodd from the Sydney Markets about what bargains are on offer at the markets this week…

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Luke Grant chats with Dale Sinden for the story behind today’s National Days for March 10th.

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Aussie historian, author & entertainer Jim Haynes joins Overnight each week for his unique knowledge of the not-so-famous characters from Australia’s history. This week Jim shines the spotlight on Sir Thomas Mitchell - Surveyor and explorer of Southeastern Australia.

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Luke speaks with Cr Mathew Dickerson, mayor of Dubbo Regional Council & Chair Regional Cities New South Wales, who have put regional population growth on the election agenda, saying that the current models used to forecast growth haven’t kept pace with the COVID-led migration boom. 

Currently, the State Government forecasts regional growth using a top-down modelling approach and 2016-based assumptions regarding migration. 

“Clearly the State Government’s current methods of projecting population growth haven’t kept up with the real experience of what is occurring in the regions,” Cr Dickerson says. 

“This creates a real headache in terms of planning for housing, services, infrastructure and securing funding to support growing regional areas.”

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Luke is joined by Mark Latham, Political commentator, former leader of the Australian Labor Party, One Nation state leader in the upper house, about his party’s prospects at the upcoming state election.  

Luke asks what will he do if he has a role to play in a hung parliament - Perrottet or Minns?   Who will he likely support?

Also discussed is the Year one phonics results that revealed half of year 1 students in NSW are not reading as well as they should, and NSW Energy Minister Matt Kean’s backflip over Eraring, Australia’s largest coal power station.

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Luke Grant chats with Dale Sinden for the story behind today’s National Days for March 9th.

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Luke Grant’s weekly political chat with Terry Barnes – Columnist, political and policy consultant & former Howard government adviser.

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Labor is facing new scrutiny over its dodgy mobile black spot funding to ALP seats with plans for an inquiry to investigate the affair.

Luke speaks with David Coleman MP, Federal member for Banks / Shadow Minister for Communications, who is seeking the support of the Greens and other cross-bench senators for the investigation.

It would probe how 40 out of 54 locations for funding to boost mobile reception went to ALP seats, despite the ALP only holding a minority of regional electorates.

“We’ve seen that 74 per cent of the grant allocations are going to Labor seats, despite the ALP holding only 33 per cent of regional electorates,” Mr Coleman said.

“It is clear that Communications Minister, Michelle Rowland, has hand-picked the locations for funding to benefit her Labor colleagues.

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Luke Grant is joined by Sarah Boorer, Communications professional & CWA award-winning cook, to look at the world of baked goods, delicious treats and & easy recipes.

This week Sarah cooks One Pot Mexican Chicken and Rice. (recipe courtesy www.recipetineats.com)

MEXICAN SPICE MIX

2 tsp garlic powder (or 2 garlic cloves, minced)

2 tsp paprika

2 tsp cumin powder

1 3/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (Note 1), optional

Black pepper

CHICKEN

5 chicken thighs, bone-in, skin on (Notes 2 and 3)

2 tbsp olive oil

1 tbsp lime juice

RICE

1 small onion, peeled and diced (or 1/2 large)

1 garlic clove, minced

1 red capsicum (bell pepper), diced or sliced

1 cup long grain rice, uncooked (Note 4)

1 cup chicken stock/brot , low sodium (or vegetable stock)

3/4 cup tomato passata (US: tomato puree) (Note 5)

1 cup frozen corn kernels (or canned – drained)

1 can (400g/16oz) black beans, drained and rinsed (sub red kidney beans)

GARNISH

1 lime , plus extra to serve

Coriander/cilantro

Sliced jalapeño peppers (optional)

Instructions

Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F (160° fan). Mexican spice mix – Mix the ingredients in a small bowl. Rub Chicken – Place 1 1/2 tablespoons of the Mexican Spice Mix in a large bowl (reserve rest for rice) with 1 tablespoon olive oil and lime juice. Mix to form a paste then add the chicken and toss to coat the chicken. Marinate (optional) – Leave the chicken to marinate for 1 hour, or even overnight. But if you don't have time, that's ok, just proceed with recipe. Sear chicken – Using a large deep skillet preferably with a lid (Note 6), heat the remaining 1 tbsp olive oil over medium high heat. Sear the skin side of the chicken for 4 minutes until light golden, then sear the flesh side for 1 1/2 minutes (will still be raw inside). Remove onto a plate. Sauté aromatics – If you've got a lot of burnt spices on the base, scrape off and discard some of it. Then in the same skillet, still over medium high heat, add the onion, garlic and capsicum (bell peppers). Sauté for 3 minutes until the onion softens. Stir in rice – Add the rice and stir to coat in the flavour. Add rice liquid and add-ins – Add the chicken stock, tomato passata, corn, beans and remaining Mexican Spice Mix. Stir to combine. Top with chicken Place chicken back in the skillet on top of the rice, skin side up. It should be partially submerged in the liquid but most of the skin should be above the liquid. Bake covered 25 minutes – Bring to simmer, then cover skillet with a lid or foil and place in the oven for 25 minutes. Bake uncovered 15 minutes – Remove the lid/foil and bake for a further 15 minutes until only small puddles of liquid remain on the surface of the rice. Rest 10 minutes – Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 10 minutes (uncovered). Any remaining liquid will evaporate in this step. Serve – Squeeze the juice of 1 lime over the chicken and rice. Remove chicken or push to the side then fluff the rice. Serve, garnished with coriander/cilantro leaves, extra lime wedges and sliced jalapeños, if desired. Sour cream also goes well with this, or a dollop of guacamole or avocado sauce!

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Luke Grant chats with Dale Sinden for the story behind today’s National Days for March 8th.

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Following a call from a concerned listener, Luke speaks with Dr Adrian Cohen, Concussion researcher at Headsafe, who joins medical experts concerned about the long-term health effects of footballers heading the ball.

“Think about each header as transferring energy to your brain; you have a total lifetime dose of energy that equates with how many times you head the ball,” says Mr Cohen.

“Heading the ball hurts. Kids don’t like doing it. Why are we putting them through it?”  Mr Cohen says it was critical to mitigate the risk heading poses in young kids, whose brains are not yet fully developed.

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Yesterday’s announcement of an increase to the age pension is a welcome relief. But the system needs to be adapted to ensure pensioners are better able to cope with inflation.

From 20 March 2023 the maximum rate of the single age pension will rise by $37.50 per fortnight (taking the single age pension from $1026.50 to $1064) and for couples, by $56.40 per fortnight (taking their payment from $1547.60 to $1604 combined).

Luke Grants is joined by Ian Henschke, Chief Advocate for National Seniors Australia, who says under the current system, pensions are adjusted every six months, in March and September but this leaves recipients playing a costly game of catch up when inflation is unusually high.

“The Federal Government should index the pension every three months during times of high inflation to help those most vulnerable,” says Mr Henschke.

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Luke Grant chats with Russell Setright, Australia’s best known Naturopath & author of ‘Get Well in the Golden Years, to get the latest in health and well-being news.

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Luke Grant chats with Dale Sinden for the story behind today’s National Days for March 7th.

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Michael Pachi joins Luke to discuss the week ahead in politics.

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Luke is joined by Bernard Salt, Managing Director of The Demographics Group & columnist with The Australian, to talk about his new report that reveals changing expectations and opportunities mean Australians now aren’t entering adulthood until they’re 28, and they’re not becoming truly old until they hit 77, prompting savers to rethink their goals for their golden years.

Also discussed is a report naming Australia’s top towns.  Mr Salt believes there is a way to measure the best towns in Australia and it involves using the 2021 census to filter urban centres and local­ities using a range of demographic, social and civic criteria.

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Luke Grant chats with Dale Sinden for the story behind today’s National Days for March 6th.

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Luke Grant talks movies and entertainment with Simon Foster - Host of the entertainment podcast 'Screen Watching'.

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Clinton Maynard, Nine Radio’s senior network reporter & host of Weekend Overnight, joins Luke to discuss this week’s winners & losers in the lead up to the NSW state election.

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Luke Grant is joined by Brendan O’Neill, journalist & Editor of ‘Spiked’ and host of the ‘Spiked’ podcast, to dissect the stories making headlines in the U.K. & the world over the past week.

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Luke Grant has a weekly chat with Sue Dodd from the Sydney Markets about what bargains are on offer at the markets this week…

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Luke Grant chats with Dale Sinden for the story behind today’s National Days for March 3rd.

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Aussie historian, author & entertainer Jim Haynes joins Overnight each week for his unique knowledge of the not-so-famous characters from Australia’s history. This week Jim shines the spotlight on Joseph Lycett – Artist, forger, womaniser, alcoholic & convict.

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